The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by app-text/poppler-0.18.4-r2[jpeg], required by net-print/cups-1.5.2-r4, required by dev-java/icedtea-6.1.11.4[cups], required by dev-java/icedtea-web-1.2.1-r1
# /etc/portage/package.mask:
=virtual/jpeg-0

The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by media-gfx/splashutils-1.5.4.4, required by media-gfx/bootsplash-themes-20060913, required by @selected, required by @world (argument)
>=virtual/jpeg-0 static-libs

it looks like there are several dependencies. from what I am reading icedtea has a hard coded dependency. is there anything I can do about that?